The challenge was expected, but even so, the governor's action Friday was an attempt to “move the debate,” said Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount’s Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, after Lujan Grisham announced that she was temporarily suspending the right to carry firearms in her state’s largest city and surrounding Bernalillo County. District Court in New Mexico suing Lujan Grisham and seeking an immediate block to the implementation of her order. The National Association for Gun Rights and Foster Haines, a member who lives in Albuquerque, filed documents in U.S. Michelle Lujan Grisham's emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque drew an immediate court challenge from a gun-rights group Saturday, as legal scholars and advocates said they expected. Governor's action Friday was an attempt to ‘move the debate,’ says law professor She is an award-winning veteran of more than 30 years in the newspaper business. Jane Nicholes, a regular contributor to the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association's eBulletin, is a freelance writer and editor based in coastal Alabama. From an advertising standpoint, we're going to continue to extend the products that individual advertisers can use."įor more information, reach Joe Leong at Mega-Innovation Award is sponsored annually by the Inland Press Association, Local Media Association and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. From a newspaper standpoint, we're expanding it to other departments. "We're going to extend texting to other categories, such as text for subscribers," he said. The future includes digital coupons and free private party general merchandise classifieds that would compete directly with Craig's List and similar sites, Leong said. To see the Journal's old and new classified page design and how it works with smartphones, go to Contest judges praised the Journal's commitment to and investment in revitalizing classifieds, as well as its use of "all available resources," such as AMR. The fourth quarter of 2016 generated more than $100,000 in new revenue, and the Journal projects $500,000 in 2017. Since May of 2016, the Journal has improved year-over-year revenue per ad from a negative $20 to a gain of more than $50 per ad – a turnaround of more than $70 per ad. So you get more information instantly before you call. "You can check out the website," Leong said. The links make the ads interactive by offering a potential customer options such as click-to-call, email, text messaging, a website, pictures and social media links. Leong said the paper knew that 90 percent of the population has a smartphone, so the classified ads contain text links. The Journal considers AMR to be a department and a partner rather than a vendor. The Journal retained its legal advertising and obituaries. Its sister company, SkyBridge Mobile, developed the program for the Journal. AMR has its own sales staff and state-of-art technology. The Journal outsourced its classified to A Marketing Resource, which handles customer service and retention. Local papers like the Journal have an opportunity to get classified advertisers back by building trust, he said. While classified advertising has long been in decline at newspapers, Leong said people have become leery of high-volume online sites such as Craig's List and social media. "Instead of just reading the ad, someone's going to pick up the ad, text the number, and all of a sudden they interact with you completely." "The reach and the interaction will be much greater, particularly the interaction," said Joe Leong, vice president/chief revenue officer of the paper. The result has been a positive swing of more than $70 per ad. To revive classified advertising, the Albuquerque Journal linked its print product to smartphones. View PowerPoint of the Mega-Conference presentation By Jane Nicholes, SNPA Correspondent Mega-Innovation Award Finalist: Albuquerque Journal
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